St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-21
CHICAGO ANARCHISTS.
They Are Preparing to Organize /,
Huge COnsiracY.

lhey are preparing to Organize
Huge Consiracy.
Special to the Globe
CHICAGO, May 20.-The old conspir-
acy of the anarchists to destroy the city,
and which resulted in the Haymarket
riot, is again on foot. Who the leaders
are is unknown, but the utterances
have significant appearance at the
present time. The police are a little
uneasy, but will be Oh hand when the
fun begins. That groups of the Inter-
nationalist WOrkingmen'S Protective
association have been drilling for some
time is well known. Nothing has been
done to prevent them from SO doing, but
after this the police will have something
to say. The first of the secret circulars,
containing plan of organization, was
issued at a meeting of reds held last
night on the South side. The following
Secret Circular No. Ito All Mem
bers of the l. w. p. A.-Comrades:
Whom the gods would destroy they
first make mad" Never has the truth
of this old adage been better verified
than i'll recent events. With the course
OF events in Chicago during the past
year we are all familiar. Eight of our
comrades are lying under the shadow of
the gallowS for exercising the right
OF free speech at a public meeting which
was admitted by Mayor Harrison to be
peaceable. Recently in Milwaukee Paul
GrOttkau has been sentenced to one
years hard labor for daring to denounce
the lniqultisS of the economic system
under which we slave and groan; As in
Chicago, so in MilWaukee-leadei are
singled IN rfx m bat ha nc
OF toll may be rendered more submits
Sive to the beheStS of our industrial
baronS. In various states conspii acy
laws have been enacted for the purpose
of intimidating dissatified wage workers.
In some TIE boycott has become 4
Crime" in others the
RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH
has been assailed, and even death fixed
as the penalty OF its exercise. Is this
exaggerated! The Merritt bill, which
recently passed the house of representa-
tives OF Illinois, provides: THAT when
two or more persons cOnSpire to do an
unlawful thing, OF when any person by
speech or print advises any unlawful
course, to accOmpli IN a lawful or unlaW
fu object, such person or persons shall
be held responsible for all consequences,
and if life is lost they shall be deemed
guilty of murder, and it shall not be
necessary to prove that the person
committing the crime was mem
Der of the conspiracy, or even
heard the speech or read the
print" These are the words of the
statue. Our OppreSsors seem deter
mined to adopt European methods. Let
us heed the lesson. We must organize;
we must be prepared to spread our views,
despite class legislation. Open and pub
lie association having failed, secret
work is our only alternative. Now that
fenced to death or to hard labor for
months or years for the crime of leader
ship in labor's cause with the prospect
of further coercive legislation to repreSS
OUT natural rights, the time for differ
ent line of action has arrived. With
this end in view the following plan of
organization has been adopted at vari-
Gus points and is now submitted with
out any recommendation that 1t be fol-
lowed everywhere, no group to exceed
five in number. After the first five are
organized let them select a
CENTRAL ORGANIZER
and separate again, each Individual
starting another group II lumber
ing five. When a group is reported
full let the central organizer go and in
spect them and verify the fact, BY this
system never more than six will come
together. The organizer alone becomes
familiar with the twenty-five. Similar
twenty-five's can be established, the
various central organizers constituting
an executive committee of five as a
limit, which would give membership
of 122 So on and so on, till the city is
honeycombed with groups into which
detective cannot penetrate beyond
very limited length. Later,
systematic grouping of the
different cities will be brought about
and thorough bureau of correspond
ence secured. Hundreds and thousands
can be brought into this group system.
Reject no one whom you believe to be
sincere in revolutionary agitation.
While we counsel no violence, we insist
on the necessity of preparation. To-
ward our despoilers we owe no love, we
claim do pity, we extend no olive
branch. To be forewarned is to be fore
armed. Time presses. The necessityis
urgent.
CENTRAL EXECUTIVE GROUP I. w. P. A.
After reading the circular Chief of
Police Ebersold had consultation with
several detectives. They are now look
ing up the authors of the circular, with
but faint prospects of success.